Ajay Sawhney, President & CEO, National eGovernance Division, Dept of IT India’s National Policy On Information Technology
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Ajay Sawhney, President & CEO, National eGovernance Division, Dept of IT
India’s National Policy On
Information Technology
Current Status of IT/ITES Industry in India
Indian IT-BPO industry (excluding hardware) grew by 19% to reach USD 76 bn in FY 2011
Exports estimated to grow by 18.7% in FY 2011 to reach USD 59.0 bn
India - leader in global sourcing with more than 50% share of global outsourcing market
Domestic market grew by 16% in FY11, to reach INR 787 bn (~USD 16 bn)
Direct employment (IT-BPO sector) growth by 10.4% reaching 2.54 mn, over 240,000 jobs added in FY 2011
World’s Cheapest tablet “Aakash” launched in India
Current Challenges
Leveraging IT for growth of key and strategic sectors to enhance efficiency, competitiveness and technological edge
Infrastructural challenges, human resource constraints for further expansion in major IT hubs- Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai and NCR
Lack of adequate capacity for implementing complex e-Governance systems
Limited focus on R&D and innovation for building new products, processes and business models
Need for stable tax regime and simplified labor laws in States/UTs for facilitating establishment of IT/ITES enterprises
Triad of Draft Policies Released
• Create globally competitive electronics design and manufacturing industry to meet India’s needs & sustain growth in IT and Telecom
• Achieve ESDM turnover to USD 400 bn by 2020 with USD 55 bn in VLSI chip design and embedded software
• Facilitate Semiconductor Wafer Fabs, augment skilled manpower and address domestic requirements in key sectors
National Policy on Electronics
2011
• Consolidate India’s position in IT & ITES; use IT to enhance rapid, inclusive and sustainable growth
• Achieve IT/ITES turnover of USD 300 bn by 2020
• Pool of 10 mn additional skilled manpower in ICT
National Policy on Information Technology
2011
• Provide high quality, affordable and secure telecom services
• Achieve 600 mn Broadband connections by 2020
• Address issues of licensing and spectrum, promote convergence and value added services
National Policy on Telecom
2011
Draft National Policy on IT – Vision
“To strengthen and enhance India’s position as the Global IT
hub and to use IT as an engine for rapid, inclusive and sustainable
growth in the national economy”
Mission of the IT Policy
Consolidate India's position as global IT & ITES hub; leverage IT to contribute significantly to GDP and employment
Create sustainable ecosystem for R&D and Innovation
Leverage ICT for enhancing competitiveness and productivity of key economic and strategic sectors
Provide ubiquitous, affordable access to information and public services
Be the leading resource base for IT and ITES manpower for domestic & global markets
Ensure a secure cyber space to facilitate trust and enable sustained growth of ICT
Transform India into a Knowledge and Service Society
IT Policy – Key Objectives
Increase revenues of IT & ITES Industry: USD 88 bn to USD 300 bn by 2020, expand exports: USD 59 bn to USD 200 bn
Gain significant market share in Cloud Technologies & Services & Mobile Value Added Services
Promote innovation and R&D with focus on applications and solutions for localization, location based services, mobile value added services, Cloud Computing, Social Media and Utility models
Encourage adoption of ICTs in key economic and strategic sectors to improve competitiveness
Provide fiscal benefits to SMEs & Start-ups in key industrial sectors for adoption of IT
Create a pool of 10 million additional skilled manpower in ICT
Make one individual in every household e-literate
IT Policy – Key Objectives
Provide mandatory delivery of and affordable access to all public services in electronic mode
Enhance transparency, accountability, efficiency and reliability in delivery of public services
Leverage ICT for Education, Health, Rural Development and Financial Services
Make India global hub for development of language technologies
Enable access to content and ICT applications by differently abled people to foster inclusive development
Leverage ICT for expanding workforce and enabling life-long learning
Strengthen Regulatory and Security Framework for ensuring a Secure Cyberspace ecosystem
Key Strategies
• Enabling establishment of IT/ITES enterprises through a stable tax regime
• Formulate Fiscal Policies to attract investment in IT Industry in Tier II & Tier III cities
• Provide fiscal benefits to SMEs and Start-ups in Key Industrial Sectors for adoption of IT
Create ecosystem for globally competitive
IT/ITES Industry
• Setup centres of excellence in institutes of higher learning : to produce at least 1,000 PhD’s in ICT by 2020
• Build institutional infrastructure to create pool of 10 mn trained persons in IT sector by 2020
Focus on Human Resource
Development
• Build R&D infrastructure and testing facilities for emerging technologies
• Incentivize innovation in public supported research
• Create ecosystem to support R&D and Innovation in Academia through collaboration with industry
Promoting Innovation and
R&D in IT Sector
Key Strategies
•Leverage ICT to enable outreach of secure & interoperable financial and banking services in remote areas
•Derive new ICT technologies through strategic sectors (defence, atomic energy, space etc.)
• Promote use of IT in Key and emerging economic sectors
Enhance productivity &
competitiveness in key sectors
• Leverage Internet and Web technologies for developing new products, technologies and businesses
• Integrate internet & mobile based delivery of services onto a common platform
Create ecosystem for Internet and Mobile driven
Service Industry
• Mandate for providing all Government Services through Electronic mode
• Mandate public procurement through electronic means across all departments
• Develop & implement Enterprise Architecture Framework for e-Governance
Enable Service Delivery through e-
Governance
Key Strategies
• Make India a global hub for language technologies
• Development of language technologies that enable text-to -speech and speech-to-text conversion, voice recognition, machine translation etc.
Development of Language Technologies
• Develop GIS platform for facilitating location based planning, information and service delivery
• Enable availability of public spatial data
GIS based IT Services
• Indigenous development of suitable security techniques & technology
• Creation of a culture of cyber security for responsible user behavior & actions
• Create, establish and operate an Information Security Assurance Framework
Security of Cyber Space
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